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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-03-16
gFFgcrs oE NIfRo-elYoeRaNs.
contradisti,u or Newspaper Arttclr
ExnIosInrs Cannot Cause Amin IrrfIn,,.

Contradtefism OF Newspaper Article.
Explosions Cannot Cause AnnihilatIon.s
a nitro-glycerine explosion cannol
cause annihilation of human bodies.
horses. magazines, ETC.. as therein stated.
1t is true that man S body is often re-
dnced to minute atoms. but the debris
viii cover the ground for "a large space
all about, and it Is impossible 70 gather it
together. j have seen n number of cx-
plosions, and in the winter as well as the
summer. That the snow or ground re-
manned pure and spodess IN any case,
after such an explosion is false.
was ON the ground within ten min
utcs after nitro glycerine explosion that
happened in tho woods near Aiken, this
county, about four years ago. A shooter
was driving along the road with sleigh
load OF sixty quarts of tho explosive.
From some meansor other, the 'sff went
oil. There was n hole about Ehres feet
deep and four feet squarc blown IN tho
frozen ground. The horses were hurled
forward about fwent y@iiye feet, and their
y hind quarters were driven forward into
their bodies Nothing remained of tho
sleigh but splinters; and those wcre very
small. Al part of the tongue, with ono
Of the whifiletTees. was still connected l1v.
tunate driver, we picked up probably
thirty pounds of flesh and bone. Several
trees were chopped down to secure small
portions of his remains. His face was
intact, but there was nothing left of his
skull. but the ground for an area of sew
eral acres was covered with the blackencd
portions of the wreck. interspersed with
darkened blood stairs, that showed out
clearly from the snow.
Aug: %, 1885, n nitro-glycerine factory
was blown up, just beyond the city limits.
Twenty-three hundred pounds of the ex-
plosive were destroyed. The wreck was
complete. a horse was killed, and his body
was blown scveral yards, but it was no,
annthlate1. Several heavy iron safes wer
turned over, but they were not removed
from human vision. Where the factory
had stood was large hole in the ground,
and space of about twenty acres covered
with Lindling wood. There was scor.
or moro of the heavy iron drums in which
acids transported, scattered about. None
Of them was annilnlated. can cite n
dozen moro cases if necessary. Brad
ford (Pa.) Cor. Scientific American.
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How 10 1--we a rult ,.entary.

Professor HIimiihry,- OF Cambridge,
has prepared series of tables which con-
tain some interesting information about
centenarians. OF fifty-tyvo persons whom
he mentions, at least eleyen-twO males
and ninc femhles-ac ctually attained the
age of 100. Others attained very nearly
the hundred years. Only one of the per-
sons reached 10S years, while orc died at
the alleged age of I06.
Twelve of the fifty-two centenarians
were discovered to have been tho eldest
children of their parents. This fact, adds
Mr. HtImphry, does not agree witlr popnt
lar notions that first children inherit
feeblenencss of constitution, nor with the
opinion of racing stables; which is de
cidedly against tTfe idea that s.firstlines''
are to be depended on for good perform
ance on tlt. course. The centenarians
generally regarded We're of spare build
Gout and rheumatism were, as a rule.
absent. 1T seems, : saws Professor
HuinpllrJ. THAT the frame which Is des-
tined to great age needs no such prophyI-
actics, and engenders none Of the Dcc-
cant huInors for which the finger Joints
(as in gout) may find vent. !"
Of the ffty-tvo aged people, twenty
four only had no teeth, the eaverage num-
Der of teeth remaining being four or five.
Long hours of sleep were notable among
these old people. the period of repose
averaging nine hours; while out of door
exercise in plenty and early rising are to
be noted among the factors of al roloneed
life. One of the centenarians drank to
excess on festive occasions another was
@free beer drinker," !" and drank like Z.
fish during his whole life.'' Twelve had
been total alstainers for life, or nearly so.
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Japanes, Ho,el poopIiorI,Ie..

In Japanese hotel the kitchen Is all
WAYS the principal room in the house,
and near the entrance. The first thing
that strikes us is the row of large blue
platters arranged around the wall in a
shelf rack near the ceiling. have como
to regard these platters as test of the
prosperity of the house IF they are
many and large-three feet across-the
hotel is fiourishing; if few and small, the
reverse. So the first thought is, How
are the platters?" We are shown our
rooms upstairs always, If possible and,
leaving our shoes behind, walk upon the
soft mats III our stocking feet. Imne-
diately n servant brings tea and a tray of
tiny cups. without saucers; then tobacco
and a small fircbox, for smoking pur-
poses. Now all the visitors in the house
and all the neighbors who can crowd in
have arrived, and arc in our rooms and
arc examining us.
We think we would like to wash our
hands and faces and then have something
to cat, SO VIC clap our hands three times,
and q servant screams "hi, and soon
appears, bowling, and asks what we want.
We call FOR water, which is brought i'll n
large bucket. with wooden handle, and
a fiat copper basin, which arc placed on
INC 'front.' Vcritntll. Inere we perform
our ablutions, in full view of the crowd
in the street below us. Little tables,
about as large rs small napkin, are
placed before each on the floor. We
order rice, which is brought in a small
tub with bright brass hoops. We ask for
eggs, and they bring thirty for four per-
sons. We use our own knives and forks,
and tHesvisitors lool. at sand then at
each other and smile admiringly Cor.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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n1onker,s ru,iern1 Rltes.

If the popular reports are to be credited
quadrumanes have certain funeral cere-
monies. There exists in Cochin China a
species called khi-duc, the hai-tuh of the
Chinese, which is of a red-brown color,
and less than yard in stature, with a
long and cylindrical muzzle. This monkey,
according to Chinese accounts, lives in
societies. When one of the band dies,
the others hold a wake and funeral, bury
ing the corpse with great ceremony.
Purchas says of the Pongo gorilla gina)
that it lives in hands, and that when an in
dividual of the tribe dies, the others cover
him with a great heap of branches and
dead wood, such as. are to'be found every
where in the forest.-Henry Howard in
Cosmopoitan.
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Tho a1etropoii. FIrsy Year. Ago.

Young folks smile when their f;rand-
fathers tell of the happy days OF auld
lang syne. But certain it is that fifty
years ago' the people in New York lived
much happier tIIaf they do NOW. They
had no artificial wnnts-onIy two banks
-rarely gave note-but ono small play
house operas, no ottomnns. few sofas
or sideboardsf and perhaps not six pianos
in the city. Now moro money is paid TO
servants in OF these five story houses
fog rubbing, scrul1bing and polishing II
brasses and furniturc-for wiping. dust
ing and breaking of glasses and china
than it took to support a decent family
fifty years ago. Grant Thorburn.
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rI,e i.e.e,,,.sa Of London.

Street prowlcrs of the male sex may
be classed in two distinct categories. the
pertinacious and the quietly respectful.
To the former belong the hulking young
run i'm by am over officious bobby
and the seedy individual who sidles nys-
teriously up to you with tho request that
you viii Essparc- . copper for a pore
man, - keepfng pace with you for 100
yards or so, and bestowing divers un-
complimentary epithets ON your hard
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aTinernI yax for Tic..

On the Trnnscaspian railroad In Russia,
it is claimed that a saving of $500 per
mile is effected by the use of mineral
wax, Or ozokerite, for ties. When puri-
fed, melted and mixed with limestone
and gravel. the ozokerite. which is abun-
dant IN the vicinity of the railroad. pro-
duces very good asphalt. This is
pressed into shape In boxes, and I,iyes tics
which retain their form and hardness
even in the hottest weather. = New
Orleans Times Democrat.
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heart ness L fhe event or re-
fusal. The latter class includes the a. :
phrently bewildered .sstranger IN Lon
don. who stops to ask the nearest way
to Putuey or Barnet, as the case may be-;
and the decently dressed but apocryptal
mechanic. WHO has either Just come out
of a hospital or soIicits your influence
with tlle authorities to get into one.
Then there is the portly Frenchman,
who may be met with any day in the
yicinitF of Charing Gross, and who has
been eounded at Gravelotte or taken
prison1r at Sedan; and the old crone, a
ffxtuIrd in Gar1ick street from to
z in the afternoon, who levies black
mail on every welldressed pedestrian,
and only wants crutch to sit for the
portrait of the 1nalevolent hag issuing
nightly from the chest of the merchant
Abudah; nor must the pseudo
out OF work be forgotten, whom you
never saw before In your life, but who
distinctly remembers having i-6rlIv', /,
your honor many and many time, and
nnodestly suggests that the, loan Of half
a crown would quite set him up again.
london Society.
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N5ut5rltlon and sheen. ),

That llappens is rather a rest from the
rapid movements of waking Life, during
(which the slower activities of function
have time to overtake the faster ones.
Recuperation by nutrition isa more tarly
process than consumption by work and
heat production, and if the hare were not
to sleep the tortoise would be left hope
lessly behind. 1t is essential to health
that the tortoise should not lag far in the
rear, and sleep must be just as long rs
will enable the laggard nutritive process
to overtake the impetuous destructive
processes. Practically, therefore, man
should sleep until lie is refreshed.
The mistake many persons mako is in
attempting to govern what must be q
matter of instinct by volitional control.
When we are weary we ought to sleep,
and when we wake we should get up.
There are no more vicious habits than
adopting measures to keep awake, or em-
ploying artifices, or still worse, resorting
to drugs and other devices to induce or
prolong sleep. Doing is the very demor-
alization of the sleep function, and from
that pernicious habit arises much of the
SO called sleeplessness- more accurately
wakefulness- from which multitudcs
suffer.-London Lancet.
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A new source of income has just been
developed for the penny-a-liner. This is
neither more nor less than supplying
fashionable ambition with magazine mat
ter which the would-be author is too lazy
or too incompetent to write herself. In
this way those who need the real pay for
their labors will be benefited, and those
who merely desire to shine as literary
beings will have their vanity fully salts
lied.-Boston Herald.
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a.Prnrinr 20 nam,

Among certain simple Melanesfantrfbes
the curious custom called tsprayine TO
DEATH still exists. A man who has a
feud publicly announce. his intention to
pray a eertain enemy To death. In these
cases tile victim as 4 rule makes no re-
sistanee, but quietly mranges his affairs
yithdralvs to his hIIt, lies down, and In 4,
few hours, and without 1rIanifestine, aI,y
sign of illness, dies. purely and wholly Of
llis own imagination New York Tri-
bnne
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A Northwestern n1Izzard.

Nothing can compare with the fury Of
one of our billiards.. 1t saps ones
breath. infiames the eyes and roars in
your ears until you think your head will
surely split. Tho flying snow which
pelts you IN the face stings like so many
needles. and nearly drives you mad with
pain. Your legs grow weak. na4iscl,
adds to your misery. and, finally, when
life ceases to be worth battling for, you
fall to the ground and slowly freezc To
death.-C Chicago Herald,
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HfsIf..Is JaL.

Mrs. SardonicuszI see here IN tho
paper that the Irish children have to go
barcfooted IN tlie winter 1 think that 3
dreadful, don't yrn2
Sardonicus Why, NOT very. 20
barefooted at least a third of the time
myself.
Mrs. Sardonicu-I just wish you Il
tell me when you ever went barcfootcd
I'M the winter tiIncs
Serdonicus- Why, go barefooted o.
nights.
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Forrtold by ti,. Ant.

Some months ago the natives of a cer1
tain district in Australia predicted the
approach Of floods and left tIlcfr low
lying villages for tho higher country.
The floods came several weeks later. s,id
the natives said that their information
had been gathered from the ANTS, which
had built their nests IN tho trees. iIsstslrI
cf, as usual, on the ground. Chicago
Herald.
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President Art,.ur,s First Money.

President Arthur used to say that the
first money he every earned was $40 or
$25 for writing the biography of tenn
hton. Chicago Herald.
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4 sdre Sign.

Mrs Barller-So Your hoy Wilkins is
to lie a professor, is he? Then he must
be making COOL progress in his studies.
Mrs c;lrker-No, not exactIy that,
but lie * getting to be beautifully alb
sent nliihlcd.
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The rru..inn rolicenan.s nnfnv I,


The police of Berlin arc only on. duty
during tho day. At night tho capital is
conffded to the care of the night watch
ers, who are under tho orders of the
president of police, wear a special uni
form and are furnished with a whistle
and sword. Their service last from 10
TO O'Clock, according to the season.
They number about 500, while the police
men number $500; fifty of them are
mounted. Allthepolicemen are old nom
commissioned officers, tall, well formed
men, who hive served many years in the
army. and only those who. have been
noticed for their good Conduct, their
zeal and faitlfulncss, are eligible FOR, this
duty. The people respect them and arc
on good terms with them. Sometimes
they act as if they were stu intlle army
and arc somewhat brusqHes The people
are accustomed to submit to these men.
and at a parade one policeman is all tina.
is required to- maintain order. The NOR
ality of these men is excellent; they are
upheld by the people and by their sul,e-
riors and every fault or negligence is pun
ished. They know how and when TO
punish rs well as to protect. ct.-Berlin Cor.
albany Argus,
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LOTTERY,
CAPITAL PRIZE, $50. 900

ave do hereby certify that ire .saperrise tho
drTangrDentsf far all he Monthly aud Semi
Lottery Company, and iti person manage and
control The D1ftrings Themselves, and MUt the
same are conducted Tih honesty, fttirnc$s,
and in good faith fordri all parties, and are
GmttOrizc The Company 10 me this certificate,
irith fuc-simiies NJ our signdttres attached,
in itS u,Irerfi,etlPlIts -
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South ClrOIlna mas no ulVOrCe laws
upon its statute books and does not grant
a divorce for any cause Whatever.
Angio-saxon Superiority Over Hindoo.
Col. Amberton, ,'of the British army in
India, while at Agra, had occasion to
have large number of packing boxes
made. The native carpenters; would
make them very cheaply and as good
and serviceable as need be, and to them
the job wa; given.
One day the colonel went to give some
directions about the work, and while
watching the worlmen lie was struck
with tho clumsiness of their tools, and
the awkward manner in which they
We're used. He remarked to the uindoo
superintendent that good English car
penter would do more work in day than
ten of those men.
The Hindoo could not believe it. In
fact, he knew better. He would like to
test it. Col. Alnberton had maclc his as
sertion somewhat rccklessly, but he
would not recede from it. Returning to
camp, he set about it investigating; and
attached to one of the batteries of flying
artillery he found an Englishman who
was carpenter by trade, having served
his time at it, and worked for years with
the saw and hammer.
The following morning wager was
laid and the single Englishman went to
work against ten natives Tho boards
were in the rough and had to be cut and
split to dimensions and nailed together
The magnificent Sheffield saws worked
like magic, and. the artilleryman knew
how to use them. The ten natives did
their best, working not more for the
wage than for their credit, but they were
beaten. AS the dial pounted to the hour
for closing work the Englishnan was
three boxes ahead. Chicago Tribune.
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On tile Larsa GrsunsI.

IF you eannot compete. ,sii. a man .,
says Van Holden, IN rink, or wealth.
or knowledge. meet linn ii, tI,a J.s,.Tf
ground of humanity. There yeyl car, 81.
ways be hissequal or superior
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Gy,nnasiSn, for wonei-,..

Boston has a gymnasium exclusively
Tor the use of women It has six bowling
alleys, tennis court, gymnasium hall,
a running track of twenty laps to the
mile, l,ot and cold water baths, etc. It
was projected by Miss Mary Allen, who
has for years seen dcvotee of physical
culture 1t iswen patroaized - Chicago
Herald.
No task is well performed by d Re.
luctant hand -Nisaini.
Nineteen states have natural gas.
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eIas.eene,e Islrtlsaar ffIff.-

Mr.. Gladstone's g birth Ilday gifts ineIudcsI,,
among other things, rcd kcrchicf for,
his neck, at least adozen bottles Of hiss
fayurite jam, one mutton and three.
mnce pes, and box of pills, tho last
named from the husband Of fI,fs woman.
who forzvartiesl thu. Illirir,e. ME.
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The Indians IN the neieiiborhood af No
rada City, Cal, huiId houses and ocsa
wagons and cattle.
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JOHN w. ENGLISH,
ATTORNEY At L4W,

ATTORNEY At LII VI,
Point Pleasant, w. Va,
WILL practice in the County of Ma
w son; the United States District Court
tOr West Virginia, and in the Supreme
Court of AppeaIs of this State. Once in
Court House Cjan }, 1888
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South Carolina has no divorce laws
upon its statute books and does not grant
divorce for any cause whatever.
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Unprecedented Attraction.
OVER HALF A MILLION DISTRIBUTED.
Louisiana State Lottery Company,

Incorporated in 1868 for 25 years by
the Legislature for Educational and
Charitable purposes-with capital OF
81, 900, ,OO0-to which a reserve fund OF
over S550,O00 has since been added.
BY an overwhelming popular vote its
State constitution adopted December I'd,
A. D., 1879.
The only Lottery erer roted and endorsed BY
The peOple of am !Stttte.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23

The Chicago Herald, in few we'll
chosen sentences, disposes of Ives, who
"aspired to be greater Gould or a
more respondent Vanderbilt" Ives
for time Travelled at q laundering
gait toward the hundred million goal.
In various ways he had secured 500
100000 assets, but liabilities managed
to keep up with the procession, and
suddenly the crash came and Ives went
down. Legitimate trade" says the
Herald, "lawful profits, enterprises
within the lines of conscience, never
piled up fortune of hundred mil
lions within single lifetime. Several
such fortunes, and numbers of others
scarcely less tremendous, have been
accumulated since the civil war, but
by what methods? The few who have
achieved this questionable success are
they who have plucked the fruits of
corrupted legislation, debauched jul
dietary and unrighteous public sub
sides. The oppressed majority have
paid the fiddler, and are paying for
this unholy dance of multi-millionaires
which now goes merriJy on.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23
WAITING FOR THE BALI.

and Queries the first mention made of
cricket as game was in an account of
some legal proceedings held It Guild
ford, in Kent, in the year 1893, in re-
spect to the right of some land. A
Mr.. Derrick says in his evidence:
"When he was scholler n the free
school of Guldeforde he aid SEVERAL
of his fellowes did rune andplay there
at cricket and other plates and also
that the same was used for the bay
tinge of beares in the said owne, un-
til the said John Parrish did inclose
the said PARCEL of land"
Whatever cricket may have been in
1898, it is quite certain that j, was not
nearly as popular as it is in 1887. La
dies are particularly fond Of looking
on at it, and the remarks they make
are quite characteristic of the fair sex:
ooh, what is that funny man doing
with club in his hand before those
three sticks?" ooh! look, dear; there
is that horrid man going to throw the
ball at him again. Pm sure he'll hurt
him." "What are all those men stand
ing gaping at?" etc. To answer some
of these questions, and at the same
time attempt to make the game clear,
is the object of this article. To begin
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23
How to Advertise.

DO you like fancy balls? I, for my
part, am excessively fond of them.
Thus I spent delightful evening last
week at the house of the pretty Mar
chioness de M. The entertainment
was splendidly got up, and attended
by at least two hundred guests. all at
tired in the richest and most original
costumes. Conspicuous among them
was Nine. de D., distinguished as
an odalisque, all covered with pearls,
diamonds, and other precious stones.
She wore on her head the traditional
toque, from which depended couple
of magnificent tresses of black hair.
"What charming costume you have
there, Countess! 1t suits you admira-
bly,, and what beautiful hair! Those
superb tresses are" "Are my own,"
she replied, laughing; sand ! am not
little proud of showing them, 1 as
sure you. Yet my hair was not always
so beautiful. I lost the greater part
of it during long illness I had to pass
through three years ago; but thanks
to the lotion which my doctor recon-
mended it has grown again and be-
come what you see it now. ] still con-
tinue to apply the lotion, which pos
sesses the most wholesome and nutri-
tive properties. "-La Jie Parisien7ae.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23

probably Che heaviest-ever cast in the
State, exceeding by about 5000 the
vote polled at the Presidential election
in 1884. Bradley's vote was about
1000 more than that which Blaine re-
ceived, while Buckner's vote was about
the same number less than that cast
for Cleveland. The Prohibition can
didate received about 5000 and the
Labor candidate about {, 900 more than
the Prohibition and Greenback tickets
respectively received in 1884. The in
crease in the Republican vote showed
that the Republicans made greater
effort than usual. Notwithstanding
the fullness of the total vote as COM
pared with previous years, it is very
light in comparison with the voting
population of Kentucky, which is up
ward of so per cent larger than the
vote cast. 1t is characteristic of States
which are one-sided politically that the
vote is relatively much smaller than it
is in closely contested States.